Richmond man slain in 8-victim Vallejo drive-by

Vallejo police have identified a 19-year-old Richmond man as the person killed in a shooting that wounded seven other people late Saturday night in North Vallejo.

Jose Rodriguez, of Richmond, was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting targeting occupants of several vehicles believed to be pulled over to change a flat tire.

Along with Rodriguez, the victims were in a caravan of four vehicles believed to be from the South San Francisco area, who had come to Vallejo for a party, Vallejo police said in a press release. Police located no firearms in the victims' vehicles, department spokesman Lt. Sid DeJesus said Monday.

Of the seven other victims, four were designated as in critical but stable condition, and continued to receive hospital care as of Monday, DeJesus said. Two of the four were in intensive care units and the two others were in surgery units, DeJesus added.

On their way to the party Saturday, the caravan stopped in the 200 block of Princeton Street to change a flat tire of one of the cars that hit a curb, police said.

Police said when the group was changing the tire at about 11 p.m., a white SUV with tinted windows drove by and opened fire. Only one gunman is suspected, and the motive for the shooting remained unclear, police added.

"We're working a bunch of leads and dealing with a bunch of people, trying to determine motives for people being in Vallejo," DeJesus said.

Five people were found with gunshot wounds, including the 19-year-old man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Later, three other people with gunshot wounds were reported to walk into different hospitals, police added.

A roadside memorial of white and blue balloon, candles and a couple of opened beer bottles were at the crime scene Sunday afternoon.

The case remains under investigation.

The fatal shooting is the city's 20th homicide of 2013, and the second one in the week. The count includes three fatal officer-involved shootings, and a body found on Derr Street on July 6, which is being investigated as a homicide.

The number, however, does not include Nellie Stanworth, 90, who was allegedly killed by her son, Dennis. The killing was reported in January, but prosecutors said Stanworth had allegedly admitted to killing her weeks prior.

Anyone with information on the latest homicide case is asked to call Detectives Sean Kenney or Drew Ramsay at (800) 488-9383. Anonymous tips can also be provided through Solano Crime Stoppers tip line at (707) 644-STOP.